Diarrhoeal diseases in pigs – rapid diagnosis of PED
At the end of 2014, the Porcine Epizootic Diarrhoea (PED) virus was detected in Austria for the first time. The virus was detected and identified using molecular biological methods at the Institute for Veterinary Investigations at AGES in Mödling.
A suspected diagnosis of Porcine Epizootic Diarrhoea (also known as Epizootic Viral Diarrhoea) can be confirmed quickly and reliably using modern molecular biological methods (PCR) when the relevant clinical symptoms are present. Testing for the PED virus or other coronaviruses is carried out at the AGES Institute for Veterinary Medical Investigations in Mödling and Linz.
Samples or dead piglets should be sent directly to the AGES Institute in Mödling or Linz, or may also be handed in at the AGES site in Innsbruck.
Information on the testing centres can be found here.
Further information on epizootic viral diarrhoea can be found here.
Last updated: 16.07.2026
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